Greek boys name (we're not Greek)

[Toothy321]

Would love suggestions of Greek boys names that don't sound too out there if we're not Greek - we love many Greek names but feel they all sound a bit odd with the cultural connection...

None of these are Greek!

I think people are just listing Greek names not necessarily nice ones. It’s all a matter of opinion isn’t it? The ‘o s’ ending names sounds strange to a non Greek person but it’s very common there. My dad is ‘Vassilios’. The English equivalent is William which would probably sound just as weird to a Greek person.

Nicholas, Christos, Raphael, Markos,Marios,constantinos
Oor many English names have Greek origins... George, Paul, Anthony, Mark.

Browse Names - Behind the Name

Nikos
Costas
Christos
Marios
Theo

Atlas

Costas.
Demetri ( Demeetree)

Because it's a name they like. Who cares about cultural connections?

@RadStag , lots of people.

Demetrios is one of my favourite Greek names. Mainly because I have a Greek friend who has a beautiful gentle kind 15 year old called Demetrios. They call him Dima for short.

Calling a kid Adonis seems almost setting him up for failure.....how could anyone live up to a name like that?

It’s just Anthony, @Twixtmasjigsaw , a perfectly normal name. One of the most common names in Greece.

Kostas

I went to Uni with an Aristotle who always went by Aris which I thought was a nice name.

George or Alexander (or the actual Greek versions but they'll end up Anglicised)

Archimedes with nn Archie

Alec or Hector.

Felix.

I am greek most of the names mentioned are mostly ancient mythology names . Regular names are:

Andreas
Marios
Rafael
Dimitris
Panos
Aris
Pavlos
Sotos
Nicos/nicolas
Harris
Thanos
Thasos
Costas
Petros
Yiannis /ioannis
Sofoklis
Socrates
Nectarios
Theodoros
Lucas
Stelios

@Anxiousaboutmortgage , the Greek people I know are Cypriot and your list has names I recognise.

DS1 was at school with Adonis. DS2 was at nursery with Demetrios. Adonis wasn’t Greek, family is European Jewish but not Greek.

My kid’s called Zoe and we’re not Greek 🤷‍♀️

greek is a completely different alphabet

Every day's a school day.

Neither was mine. He’s dyslexic and refuses to give his child a name he couldn’t spell… fair, but I love it!

Lefteris, which is liberty in English. Has to be the best Greek name